Scene 5a: Burning Man
Ms. Porter did not solicit an outward reaction from Richard besides a professional irritation and disinterest. Internally, though, what she said was fairly concerning. Some of the eyewitnesses were maintaining their story, it seemed, and he didn't have the expertise to wipe that level of evidence from everyone present.
Triage, then preserve. Learning about the perp was a high priority, and the rubes were mucking with the evidence he needed to get that clear picture. The reporter was gathering her own data; she likely wouldn't find any hard evidence that pointed to the existence of the burning man, but she could be useful as a reference point.
Richard took his sunglasses out of his pocket and snapped them open, placing them onto his face. The world lit up with augmented reality; keeping the two fingers of his left hand on the frame, he began surveying the scene, hoping to get a clearer visual picture to relay to the others.
Making use of the Retrospective Visualization process, Time 2 and adding Mind 2, to mentally walk the scene backwards to the time of the explosion. Should be coincidental, so a total difficulty of 5. I'm most interested in learning the Burning Man's mental state and surface thoughts around the time the bus impacted him, but any details the on-site cameras may have missed could also be useful. Using Perception+Investigation to try and reduce the difficulty, and presuming I'm going to need at least two successes to get the time frame right and get into this guy's head.
06:07, Today: Richard Jackson rolled 1 success using 5d10 with the World of Darkness 3rd ed system with a target of 6 with rolls of 7,4,1,2,9. perc+investigation forensics the crash site. Should reduce the magic difficulty by one, to four...
06:09, Today: Richard Jackson rolled 1 success using 2d10 with the World of Darkness 3rd ed system with a target of 4 with rolls of 6,3. arete time 2 mind 2 retrocognition 1.
06:09, Today: Richard Jackson rolled 2 successes using 2d10 with the World of Darkness 3rd ed system with a target of 4 with rolls of 8,10. arete time 2 mind 2 retrocognition 2. 3 successes is theoretically enough, but can roll again if needed.